The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-08-27

had fruit piled half way up the front Of his
store, and aags, banners and streamers. 90
interviewer that the unweary traveller might
eat flag or two in place Of banana.
Nacbesney had quite tasty display IN
his window, and many others did moro or
less TO help along the enthusiasm aud the
spirit Of the occasion.
The Court House was elegantly decorated,
and so WAS also the Supreme Court House
and many private dwellings.
Perhaps the two most interesting displays
were those in the windows Of Frank Kendall
and Fiske Il BEEN. Both these displays
were OF war relics, and were very interest.
ing. In Kendall's window were-A sword
presented By the young men Of OTTAWA to
Col. Hapeman in 1861; q pair Coltss revolv.
srs. carried by Major j. II. Widmer; rebel
powder horn, captured from a rebel cotton
barge by L. W. Buell. on the Yazoo river;
the sword Of Capt. Z. II. Smith, 10th New
York heavy artillery; musket of D B Snow,
Co II, SD Ill. Vol Inf; the Goa, worn by
Major j. II. Widmer at the Washington
grand review, 1866 the belt and sword worn
by Capt. T C. Fullerton, Of Co. c., Gath Ill.
Infantry; the writing desk carried by Sur
geon Il. Dyer, l04th Ill. Inf from April
1861, to June, 1865; a sword captured from
rebel major At the battle at Corinth, Miss !;
the musket and cartridge box carried by
John Iorner, ODD ILL., Inf; the sword and
belt captured by Capt. 7. C. King, SD Ill.
Inf, at Hatches river. Oct. 5, 1862; coat
worn by Maj. T, C. Gibson, SD Ill. Inf;
the sword Of VIM. Burgess, of Cog wells bat
terry; the canteen carried by Major Stevens
in the Mexican war; q shell from the gun
boat (" Little Rebel" at New Madrid, and
swords and balls from various battles There
was was also the sword carried by Major T,
c. Gibson, Of the SD, and navy carried by
Major r. c. Stevens, of the l04th, through
Georgia.
In Fiske & Beem's were-A large portrait
Of Gen. W. II. L. Wallace, and ranged in the
window around it his saddle cloth and sad.
ile, a sword presented to him by the
Knights Tempar in 1861 and worn in dress
parade through the war, a blunderbus
picked up by him at the battle of Beuna Wis.
Ia, and two swords worn by him in the
Mexican war. There was also coat worn
by Charles Dickey when in command Of Nc
Phersons body guard; coat worn py Gen.
Wallace in the Mexican war; musket made
in l776, the property Of II. c. Perry, and a
canteen marked E. A. Perry.
A. Alsohuler displayed in his window q
dress parade coat, made by him for Captain
william Cogswell, Of the famous Cogswell
battery, and worn by the Captain on parade
during the war.
THE CAMP
The camp at Allen Park WAS arranged
with special view to convenience. Entering
the park from the new road under the bridge,
the first things one came to were the booths.
OF these there were but few. A tintype
gallery, a tent restaurant, and . couple of
peanut and lemonade stands completed the
list. Keeping along to the westward, close
to the river bank, there were the headquar-
tiers tents. First come the headquarters Of
the SD, then the general headquarters, then
the 1O4th. These three tents were larger
than the others Then beyond these, and
turning in right angle to the south, were
the other regimen,al headquarters tents.
These extended in a line north and south,
close to the western border line Of the park.
In front Of the three principal headquarter
tents was large open space. and south Of
this space was the main body Of the camp.
The tents were pitched in double rows, north
and south, with streets about q rod wide.
They were all up by Tuesday noon, and were
abundantly provided with clean straw. The
old band stand, near the middle Of the park,
was suitably decorated, and over it hung the
huge flag belonging to Seth Earl Post, G. A
R, Of Ottawa.
Wednesday,